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Ok I have to get something off my chest because its bugging the hell out of me. Andrew Ried is starting to piss me off just a little. For those of you who dont know him he is the singer/guitarist in the band. We work very well together and I enjoy his guitar playing a lot, almost just as much as mitch. Anyway, he dislikes Yngwie Malmsteen very much which I have no problem with whatsoever, I'm sure tons of people dislike his guitar playing very much but I happen to love it. If it was not for Mr. Yngwie Malmsteen I wouldn't even be where i'm at with the guitar right now. When I play yngwie, or even my own written music that envolves just the slightest bit of shredding or playing fast he gives a look of disgust. Just yesterday I was watching Yngwie Malmsteen's concero in Eb Minor which is pretty amazing I think, not to many guitarist nowadays are writting fucking Concertos, and Andrew walks over, looks, and says, "this is lame, that guitar sounds like shit, and I can't believe he is using distortion." It's fucking Yngwie Malmsteen he is a neo-classical guitarist!!! why wouldn't he use distortion? I feel that Andrew hasn't even listend to enough Yngwie to critisize it. Jamming has been great and I love it, I have respected Andrew's music and have learned/studied the guitarist he listens too, I think there great guitarist and if there was one I disliked I would tell him. I wouldn't mention every bad flaw in the guitarist every time he listened to it and I for sure would'nt say some snobby rude comment. It's getting to the point were i'm starting to feel uncomfortable playing around him. He needs to learn that I have always listend to Metal and I always will listen to it and play it. I enjoy every kind of music and plan on Learning or even mastering every style. I guess i'm also frusterated becuase I show interest and I respect his music and he doesn't show any unless i'm playing jazz. I'm starting to wonder if all jazz guitarist are like this. Oh well I don't mean to ramble but I had to get this off my chest. Andrew has been saying these things since we first jammed. I should also say that he doesn't say anythig bad about my playing but when he says horrible things about guitarist I look up to and play like its like he is offending me. I have no idea if i'm making since or if anybody understands what i'm talking about. I've been stressed lately and a lot has been on my mind especially the stuff that has happen with me and Jocelyn, even though it happend four months ago,it's not something you can fix mentally that easy but I would rather not talk about that right now.